Kochi panchang, 12 April 2028
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 21:33 Chaitra month
Kochi, Kerala, India · 9.94°, 76.26° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:49 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:53 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:01 – 12:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:01 – 12:50 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:25 – 13:57
- 06:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 08:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:12 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:34 to 06:16 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:36
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 06:36 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:12
- Karana Vishti until 08:36, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 08:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:12 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 06:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:12 – 07:12 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:53 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:01 – 12:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:25 – 13:57
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:43 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:01 – 12:50
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:54
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:36 – 06:08 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 06:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:16 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:49 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:53 – 12:25 | Good |
| Rog | 12:25 – 13:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:57 – 15:30 | Bad |
| Char | 15:30 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:29 – 22:57 | Good |
| Char | 22:57 – 00:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:25 – 01:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:53 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:48 – 06:16 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:27 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:28 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 06:25 Pisces
- 06:25 – 08:15 Aries
- 08:15 – 10:18 Taurus
- 10:18 – 12:29 Gemini
- 12:29 – 14:37 Cancer
- 14:37 – 16:37 Leo
- 16:37 – 18:36 Virgo
- 18:36 – 20:40 Libra
- 20:40 – 22:51 Scorpio
- 22:51 – 00:59 next day Sagittarius
- 00:59 – 02:54 next day Capricorn
- 02:54 – 04:38 next day Aquarius
- 04:38 – 06:16 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method